LUCENA CITY 鈥� Police seized more than P891,000 worth of shabu (crystal meth) from an alleged drug pusher in Tiaong town in Quezon province.
The Quezon police reported that members of local drug enforcement unit arrested a drug suspect inside a subdivision in Barangay (village) Lusacan.
The person alias 鈥淧eryong,鈥� 42-years old, was nabbed after selling shabu worth P500 to a poseur buyer in a transaction at around 1 a.m. on Saturday (March 1).
The anti-illegal drug operatives confiscated from the suspect 14 plastic sachets containing shabu weighing 43.6 grams, with an estimated Dangerous Drugs Board value of around P297,000.
The seized illegal substance is worth about P891,000 in the street market at the prevailing price of P20,400 per gram, the report said.
Tiaong police are investigating the source of shabu reportedly peddled by the suspect.
The man is a resident of the village and an identified street-level drug pusher in the locality.
The alleged criminal is in detention and is facing complaints for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002.